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re: Camelot- todays Sunday matinee - first Broadway show since before COVID.
Posted by: alvy_singer 09:59 pm EDT 04/09/23
In reply to: Camelot- todays Sunday matinee - first Broadway show since before COVID. - rossde 09:19 pm EDT 04/09/23

I was there today as well. Special kudos to Aaron Sorkin for a new terrific book that feels contemporary yet period at the same time.
The three leads (including Understudy de la Flor who had the elaborate sword work down) were fine, and Burnap is better than that. I also loved Dakin Matthews, but he always scores no matter what or how big the role.
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Observations at Camelot Sunday matinee, April 2nd
Posted by: claploudly 09:46 am EDT 04/10/23
In reply to: re: Camelot- todays Sunday matinee - first Broadway show since before COVID. - alvy_singer 09:59 pm EDT 04/09/23

There were hints in the new script and direction that (wait for it....) Guenevere and Lancelot had known each other in France and possibly even had an affair before both ended up in Camelot. First, although Guenevere, even in the original which I saw, develops a disdain for Lancelot, I never thought it happened immediately upon seeing him show up. In this version, it is an automatic response as though she is trying to hide their history. Second, there is the moment when they are both trying to bring Arthur back to life after the swordfight and they catch each other's eye. Again trying to hide something. Thirdly, when Lancelot is assigned to guard Gunevere over night for the first time, why would he instantly sit within three feet of her in her bedroom instead of standing guard at her door? One other note is that the young boy who plays the young boy who appears in the final scene simply cannot act, sorry to say. He unintentionally ruins the last scene and needs to be replaced.
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